show ad

The ultimate act of heroism: Marine, 24, who jumped on a grenade to shield his comrade from blast in Afghanistan is set to receive the Medal of Honor
EXCLUSIVE 'Spoiled' cheerleader suing her parents got so drunk on vodka at home of millionaire attorney paying her fees that she 'threw up in a sidewalk garbage can'
I'm not her! Student with same name as 'spoiled' teen suing her parents is hit by internet trolls - but uses opportunity to drum up support for charity
Man who covered boy with gasoline and set him on fire 13 years ago CAN be tried for murder even though the victim died in 2011, judge rules
Entire family busted for $7MILLION shop-lifting spree: Mother, father and daughter 'used specially designed clothes to pocket thousands of stolen items to fund their millionaire lifestyles'
Divorced father ordered to pay HALF his daughter's $225,000 Ivy League law school tuition after SHE cut contact with him 5 years ago
'Diana never did tell her the truth': Royal's former chef reveals how Princess tricked Oprah into eating fatty food
She's finally forgiven him! Couple win $3million jackpot 37 years after wife's numbers last came up... but husband forgot to buy the ticket
Justice at last: Father who raped daughter from when she was three-years-old then fled to Germany breaks down as he is sentenced to 95 years after SHE tracked him down
Desperate hunt for straight-A nursing student as her parents discover she hadn't been to classes since May despite using their credit card to pay tuition
Mother and father charged after SKELETAL remains of their three-year-old son are found stashed in toy chest
Warriors of the White War emerge from their frozen tomb: Almost 100 years after losing their lives in First World War battle, melting ice reveals the bodies of the fallen
Armand Assante in desperate bid to stop foreclosure on his $3.5m horse farm as he claims he's a victim of predatory lending
MUMMIFIED body of woman who hasn't been seen 'for six years' is found in foreclosed Detroit home
Woman, 75, beaten to death with a SLEDGEHAMMER 'by her daughter and grandson after she called police to report them for growing marijuana'
An offer he could refuse! Goodfellas star Ray Liotta sues skincare company for putting his face on advert selling pock mark reducing cream
Two women 'who earned hundreds of thousands a year as high-class escorts had so much cash they hid it in air vents and under carpets'
EXCLUSIVE: Tiffani's father won a $27m Powerball jackpot when she was 11. A decade later he died broke after he blew it all on a Learjet, fast cars, bad deals and drugs. Here, she tells of her RELIEF the 'wild ride' is over
Great-grandmother, 89, spends final months in agony from horrific burns she received in the operating room after 'surgical flash fire'
'That's why you shouldn't let monkeys out of their cages': Outrage as white students unleash racist tweets after basketball game defeat to rival school
Can these jeans give you a bigger booty? Push-up design uses shading and pocket placement to create 'more junk in the trunk'
MLK's daughter faces jail if she doesn't hand over the civil rights icon's Bible and Nobel Peace Prize in family feud over proposed sale
Left as a warning: Suspected US spy killed by al Qaeda militants is chained to soccer goalposts after being executed in Yemen
Death of an asteroid: Hubble captures enormous space rock self-destructing on film for the first time

Judge orders police video showing Justin Bieber urinating in his Miami jail cell be released with blackout

PUBLISHED: 16:09 EST, 5 March 2014 | UPDATED: 18:44 EST, 5 March 2014

View
comments

Remaining police video clips of Justin Bieber after his January arrest will be made public with sensitive portions blacked out to protect the singer's privacy, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Judge William Altfield said two of the five unreleased video clips depict the singer's genitalia during a urine test for drugs at the Miami Beach Police Department.

Altfield agreed with lawyers for Bieber, who turned 20 on Saturday, that the video's airing would be an invasion of privacy that outweighed the public's right to know.

Scroll down for video

Controversial: A police video of Justin Bieber being escorted to his drug test in Miami following his arrest in January has just been made public

'Mr. Bieber's right to privacy is paramount,' the judge said. 'He has not lost his right to privacy, and that is what is important here.'

Attorneys for The Associated Press and other news outlets had previously suggested any sensitive portions be blacked out and the rest released under Florida's liberal open records laws.

Much of the footage was released last week, some of it showing Bieber walking unsteadily during a sobriety test.

To be made public: Miami judge ordered that a police video release a censored version of Justin Bieber peeing in his jail cell

Right to privacy: The Miami judge did rule to blackout the star's genitals for the public version of the video

Justin Bieber provides urine sample behind partition after arrest

Judge rules that Justin Bieber has a right to his privacy

Bieber has pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.

Official record: The pop star was made to show his tattoos to police following his arrest in January

He and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested early on January 23 during what police called an illegal street drag race between a Lamborghini and a Ferrari.

Neither has been charged with drag racing.

Bieber attorney Roy Black said he was satisfied with the ruling, as did media attorneys.

AP attorney Deanna Shullman said the news organization would never show Bieber's private parts and Scott Ponce, representing The Miami Herald and CBS television stations, said the ruling was more about protecting the singer from random releases on the Internet.

'It's more about what someone in the private sector might do,' Ponce said.

Black said the three clips to be released without redaction are shot from an angle that is too far away to discern what is going on.

Prosecutors said they will release all five remaining clips in a few days, after the court-ordered redactions are completed.

Additionally, a video obtained by TMZ shows the Baby singer led by a guard while in jail to undergo his urine drug test.

Separately, the Miami Beach Police Department made public a new batch of 18 still photos taken shortly after Bieber's arrest, mainly close-ups of his many tattoos - a praying Jesus, a grinning joker's face accompanied by the word 'love,' an Indian chief's head, a Psalms quotation, and more - and one full-length picture of the singer.

Evidence released previously showed that a breath test found Bieber's blood-alcohol level below the .02 threshold considered intoxicated for underage drivers.

The urine test found the presence of the active ingredient in marijuana and the antianxiety drug Xanax. Bieber told officers he had been smoking marijuana before his arrest, according to police reports.

A trial date has not been set. Altfield set another status conference for next week in the case.

Awaiting trial: Bieber has plead not guilty to charges stemming from his January 23 arrest

Booked: Bieber pictured in his mug shot

Justin Bieber Peeing Behind Bars -- Jail's Got More Cameras Than 'Big Brother' [VIDEO]

MOST WATCHED NEWS VIDEOS

Comments (41)

Share what you think

View all

The comments below have been moderated in advance.

drnklfdeeply, USA, 20 hours ago

That just might prove to be the world record for the smallest blackout ever required.

Click to rate

Wilde Man, Paris, France, 20 hours ago

It will e the tiniest little black bar.....

Click to rate

Manfred1488, Myrtle Beach, United States, 20 hours ago

Who wants to see Bieber's little beaver?

Click to rate

chris4535, toronto, Canada, 21 hours ago

I guess a DUI that in the end wasn't or a drag racing that wasn't either all just a big fraud. But as long as the witch hunt continues and the public get there pound of flesh its all good.

Click to rate

DW, NYC, 21 hours ago

Why are the police video taping people urinating? Why does the public have the right to view these videos? This is disturbing.

Click to rate

glamqueen22, hamilton, Canada, 22 hours ago

not cool USA cops are bummy ,s

Click to rate

Mason, NC, United States, 22 hours ago

"Judge orders police video showing Justin Bieber urinating in his Miami jail cell be released with blackout." Probably took all of one second or less to do.

Click to rate

Beth Raynor, Germantown, United States, 22 hours ago

Why is it ok for law enforcement to release ANY of this video material to the public? I can't ever recall having seen videos like this of celebrities behind bars being released to the public... Are they going to release videos of him pooping, too? Is this how these videos are normally handled? Why are these being released to the public? Trust me that if they are being released, I bet the Bizzle himself actually WANTS them released, to further promote his (wannabe) gangsta image.

Click to rate

Lou066, Stoke, 22 hours ago

Um why would these ANY of these videos need to be released anyway. The public's 'right to know', um, what? That is completely silly, we have no right to see any evidence from police cases that in know way involve us. Mad.